Diocese of El Obeid, Sudan 🇸🇩 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1960.05.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of El Obeid / Elobeiden(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum)
- 1974.12.12: Promoted as Diocese of El Obeid / Elobeiden(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Khartoum)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Bishops of El Obeid (Roman Rite) |
|---|
 Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali (60) (2017.02.13 – ...)Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan)President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan |
 Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65) (Apostolic Administrator 2015.08.15 – 2017.02.13) |
| Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65) (later Archbishop) (2013.10.28 – 2015.08.15)Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan)Born:1959.01.01 (Engoth, Sudan)Ordained Priest:1992.05.10Consecrated Bishop:2010.08.15Priest of Khartoum (Sudan) (1992.05.10 – 2010.05.29)Coadjutor Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (2010.05.29 – 2013.10.28)Apostolic Administrator sede plena of El Obeid (Sudan) (2010.08.15 – 2013.10.28)Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (2013.10.28 – 2015.08.15)Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (2015.08.15 – 2016.12.10)Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan) (2015.08.15 – 2017.02.13)Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (2016.12.10 – ...) |
| Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65) (later Archbishop) (Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2010.08.15 – 2013.10.28) |
| Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.J. (Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1995.12.15 – 2010.08.15) |
| Bishop Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.J. (1988.03.12 – 2013.10.28)Born:1938.09.21 (Khartoum, Sudan)Ordained Priest:1964.06.28Consecrated Bishop:1988.05.15Died:2023.06.04 (Mechanicsburg, PA, USA † 84)Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan) (1983.10.04 – 1988.03.12)Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (1988.03.12 – 2013.10.28) |
| Fr. Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.J. (later Bishop) (Apostolic Administrator 1983.10.04 – 1988.03.12) |
| Bishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J. (later Archbishop) (1979.03.05 – 1983.02.19) |
| Vicars Apostolic of El Obeid (Roman Rite) |
| Fr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J. (later Archbishop) (Apostolic Administrator 1974.12.12 – 1979.03.05) |
| Bishop Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.J. (1960.05.10 – 1969)Born:1903.11.08 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1926.07.11Consecrated Bishop:1947.06.29Died:1989.03.15 († 85)Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) (1947.05.08 – 1960.05.10)Titular Bishop of Rusicade (1947.05.08 – 1989.03.15)Vicar Apostolic of El Obeid (Sudan) (1960.05.10 – 1969) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65) (later Archbishop) (2010.05.29 – 2013.10.28)
Statistics (2020.12.31)
Area: 888,939 km²
Population: 103,000 Catholics (0.8% of 13,511,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 273 missions
Personnel: 39 priests (32 diocesan, 7 religious), 2 deacons, 39 religious (15 brothers, 24 sisters), 22 seminarians